Making A Roof Rack Basket

I ve always wanted a roof rack for my land cruiser but the commercially available options didn t fit my needs so i made a custom one come see how.

Making a roof rack basket.

Jan 29 2020 at 12 42 pm 6 6. Making adjustments is actually very easy. Discover the magic of the internet at imgur a community powered entertainment destination. You have to adjust a specialty mount that is attached to the base roof rack such as mounting points of cargo carriers bike racks and roof baskets.

Cut the channel into lengths. It was built with square tubing in several different sizes. 57 x 44 5 x 5 9 inches carrying capacity. These four aluminum blocks will be the base points of the rack.

Avoid drilling too deep into the roof of the car. Homemade roof rack with accessories step 1. Firstly the idea to do this came from terribly overpriced roof racks. The roof rack roof basket wil.

In the companion instructable i used re purposed oak from shipping platforms that. Hanahou7 jan 29 2020 5. Ensure that the roof rack is in position and properly adjusted leaving good space at the centre. In this video i show the first part of my custom roof rack build.

165 pounds the xtray pro is a rooftop cargo basket that offers extra carrying capacity to your roof rack for luggage and other gear including up to two bicycles. My 4x4 needed a roof rack so i built one. After a couple of hours of looking at what lowes had to offer i chose these. Specifications at a glance.

Expose the bolt holes. 50 ft of 3 4 inch schedule 40 sprinkler pipe 20 3 4 t connectors 8 3 4 pipe to 1 2. Do you know how high the sides are. If you have factory roof racks that run from front to back you can build your own steel crossmembers using one inch square tubing cut to size and secured to the factory racks using carriage bolts.

To attach the. I plan on trying out this basket as well since i have the oem roof rack and just plan to use the basket for camping trips. Would you be able to mount monkey fists to mount a shovel and axe. Lift your spirits with funny jokes trending memes entertaining gifs inspiring stories viral videos and so much more.